Accepting sugestions to keep ants far of the food bowl

[AppleBr]

Does anybody here face this problem?
At this moment, since Loreena needs more calories as well as because eating makes her fell more comfortable confined I've being keeping food in her bowl but  the small ants always appear...
Already tried putting a plate with water under the bowl:
1- she drinks the water.
2- water finished being splashed all around.
Any suggestions?

[PrettyKitty1]

Why don't you call pest control? I'm not sure if you are aware, but it all depends on the type of food. Back when I was feeding my cat dry foods (Purina Kitten Chow) my house was full of small roaches (I KNOW!!)  I then switched him to Science Diet Indoors formula and my problem went away. I called pest control and THAT kept the roaches from coming back. Now my cats are on raw diet and I have moved twice...and have yet to find an ant, cockroach, or mouse around the food. Life is good now :)

[YuK]

I'm assuming you are feeding her inside?  Find where the ants are entering.  Most hardware stores (i.e., Home Depot, Lowes) have an incecticide gel for ants.  The gel itself is packaged in an giant size syringe.  Once you find out where the ants are entering or better yet where they are originating from you can use the gel.  Do not place it where anyone or your kitty will possible step.  This means you need to put in on a verticle wall.  For instance below the threshold of a door, but not on the sidewalk.

I call it "securing the perimeter." I think I live on an ant hill and I haven't had ants for years. My kitty food dishes sit out after they get their wet food and I have self feeders for dry food.  I do this a few times a year, placing it on the verticle, block walls around my home and out front (my kittys are confined to the house and back yard).

[MJIthewriter]

This was something I read about keeping ants out of hummingbird/butterfly feeders, but I bet it works for any smooth plastic surface.

Spray a little bit pf pam (cooking oil works too), rub it around the side of the dish. I haven't had to use it for that, but I used to use that method for keeping ants inside peanut butter jar ant farms when I was younger. It worked very effectively. If I opened the jar, the workers normally would gush out on a mass exodus, but with the oil rubbed around the inside rim, they just sort of fell down on the ground and kept them contained.

As long as the food dish is smooth, it should keep the ants from climbing, or at least make it difficult. That is provided your cat doesn't lick off the pam. (if that happens, then you may have to move the dish out of your cat's way when done feeding.)

You can also try feeding your cat at a set time and remove the food between meals. We have to do that for our cats. That will also make it difficult for the ants if they have no food to eat, lol. Also make sure to put the cat food bags in a sealed plastic container. It should keep both cats and ants from having a _real_ feast.

[AppleBr]

Ants are more or less under control but now Loreena is turning her face to "not crunch meal" so to speak - the one that stay there is never so crunch as the one you just put, I guess.Maybe is just because she's bored and /or tired...